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OET (OET-LV) And_stood the_two_of the_choirs in_house_of the_ʼElohīm and_I and_half_of the_officials with_me.
OET (OET-RV) Then both groups ended up at the temple and stood there. I was there with the half of the city officials who’d accompanied me,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י הַתּוֹדֹ֖ת בְּבֵ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
and,stood two(fd) the,choirs in=house_of the=ʼElohīm
The implication is that both groups followed routes that led them around the city from their common starting point to places on either side of the temple. They then joined together for a concluding ceremony in or near the temple. Alternate translation: “both groups that had walked around the city to dedicate the wall came down from it and stood in an open area in front of the temple”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential
וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה
and,stood
This word indicates that the event the story will now describe came after the events it has just described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could show this relationship by using a word such as “then.”
Note 3 topic: writing-background
וַאֲנִ֕י וַחֲצִ֥י הַסְּגָנִ֖ים עִמִּֽי
and,I and,half_of the,officials with,me
Nehemiah now provides further details for the second group, which he had accompanied, similar to the details he provided for the first group in verses 32–36. Alternate translation: “My group included the other half of the leaders of Judah”
12:27-43 The dedication of the new wall probably happened shortly after its completion (6:15-19). This account probably came from Nehemiah’s personal memoirs.
OET (OET-LV) And_stood the_two_of the_choirs in_house_of the_ʼElohīm and_I and_half_of the_officials with_me.
OET (OET-RV) Then both groups ended up at the temple and stood there. I was there with the half of the city officials who’d accompanied me,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.